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caiouaIly ome little property a pipe
a piece of cardboard or what not is
used for adventitious effect but for
the most part the artist uses his
hands simply and solely What is
more the arc lamp can be dispensed
with and almost equally amusing re-
suits produced by the aid of a clothes
horse a sheet and a candle If an
oil lamp is used carfc must be taken
to turn it so that the edge of the flame
is toward the sheet otherwise the i
shadows will be blurred and hazy
No one who has not actually seen a
professional entertainment of this kind
can form an idea of the amusement
that may be derived from these hand
shadows Of course the pictures large
ly depend for their effect upon inces
sant movement yet so cleverly are the
figures rendered that even this series
of still photographs bears powerful
testimony to the skill of the artist
The British bulldog see illustra
tion is a capital example of unaided
handwork nis ferocity on the screen
Is extraordinary He advances threat
eningly albeit with the unsteady gait
of his kind and his terrible eye rolls
In fearsome style by a truly ingenious
finger tip movement on the part of the
As Mr Devants
hands enter the illuminated disc they
are quite separate all the fingers being
-extended The operator then proceeds
-dexterously to mold his subject but
In such a manner that all may behold
the clever evolution of the finger The
placing of the hands and the disposition
of each finger are swiftly seen by an
intelligent audience who appreciate
this method far more than they would
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the instantaneous appearance of per
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lustrations we have a singularly in
genious representation of a swan no
property of any kind being used
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Finally the bird sails out of the disc by
the simple process of Mr Devant in
clining himself gradually forward
Turn we now for a moment to M
Trewey of the Crystal Palace whoso
capital bull is shown this as you may
see is a wholly unassisted ha nd shad
ow When about to produce a new
figure M Trewey takes a seat between
his light and the screen and then com
mences to practice patiently and per-
LOUD SAI ISBUKY
sistently introducing tentatively deli
cate little lines here and there and try
ing various motions that he has previ
ously noted mentally while studying
the living prototype
Lord Salisbury figures without prop
erty of any sort the well known
M jert beard being produced in a remark
tf 73- r VTli iusemus fashion by the fingers of
I Jm rVAJ hand extended downward
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here shown well maintains its ancient
and familiar traditions The long
graceful neck comes back in sinuous
curves that the plumage Mr Devants
hair may be preened and pecked and
the stiff little tale waggles in pleasur
able anticipation as the swan dives be
neath the surface of the supposed lake
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one
One of the most effective of these
shadow portraits is that of Sir Henry
Irving The long hair is very cleverly
indicated while a slightly protruding
finger tip produces on the sheet the
effect of the pince nez Of course as
we have remarked before hand shadow
pictures cannot be judged when sta
tionary For each and every one of
them is designed a certain marvelously
appropriate movement and even the
great personages whose portraits
SIR HEXKY IRVIXG
pear on the disc are made to exhibit
some mannerism or characteristic
whereby they are known
A Puzzled Parent
It is a difficult problem said the
conscientious man very difficult
What is worrying you asked his
wife
If I use slang before our sons and
daughters it will encourage them in the
practice and if I dont they will say I
am a back number Washington
Star
Necessity is the mother of some in
ventionst but the majority of them are
orphans
It is easier to cut an acquaintance
than it Is to carve a steak with a res
taurant knife
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One of the most practical ideas in connection with the relief of the miners in the Klondike region is that of the employ
ment of reindeer in the expedition As announced in a recent dispatch from Washington the Government has taken tliis
matter in hand as well as the control of the entire expedition Secretary Alger has made a requisition on William Akell
man the Federal reindeer herder for GOO of the useful animals for immediate use Condensation of foodstuffs makes it
possible for the authorities to send large amounts with little comparative expense The tractability and faithfulness
Df the animals render the undertaking one of much less difficulty than would be the case under any other circumstances
When it is remembered that each of the GCO reindeer can haul 200 pounds the value of the proposed service cannot
be overestimated The sturdy little animals will easily haul sledges and cargoes over glaciers and through mountain
passes when horses would be absolutely useless
Reindeer are small animals compared to the other families They are usually a trifle over four feet in stature have
short bodies compactly put together and strong short legs which carry them over the ground at a very rapid rate The
Laps say these beasts of burden can trot along hauling a sledge loaded with 200 pounds at the rate of from nine to ten
miles an hour and maintain this speed for many hours without apparent fatigue They are nimble and sure footed as
the chamois have the endurance of the burro and lack the obstinacy of the latter capricious brute All the conditions
which environ the proposed expedition are to their liking so that nature seems to have designated them as the means o
relieving the sufferers
HAND SHADOWS
JScinarkable Pictures that lay Be
Made by Silhouetting
It is not too inuch to say that the pas
iiinc of making hand shadows is as
iuniversal as light itself The Chinese
practiced it thousands of years ago
and it flourishes at the Egyptian Hall
ito day That there is money in shad
idows as well as in more substantial
jcommodities will be testified by Mr
David Devant the eminent ombroma
neur The apparatus is not elaborate
merely a powerful arc liglit of 2000
candle power whose beam passes
through a small circular opening on to
a sheet of ticket writers holland
unless one so describes Mr Devants
own head The photograph scarcely
requires explanation The stately bird
HE GOT EVEN
Persons Who Live in Glass Houses
Shouldnt Throw Stones
They tell a story about a young man
who was lately married that is funny
enough to print but the unfortunate
part of it all is the names cannot be
given for some older persons are mix
ed up in the complications and they
would be mad as the dickens to aeu
their names in print
The young man is a bright young ras
cal and fond of a joke and a drink oc
casionally In fact he would take
three or four if opportunity was fa
vorable It came to pass that oppor
tunity was favorable one day and he
took several drinks Then he went to
see the pride of his heart a charming
young lady to whom he was engaged
Her papa came home in the evening
and discovered the young man in his
deplorable condition He lectured him
in the severest way imaginable and
sent him home But he didnt forbid
him the house
In the course of a few days the
young man called and tendered to hi3
sweetheart the most ample apalogy
for his breach of etiquette Later in
the evening in fact about the quitting
hour the old gentleman came home
from a little sitting where he had lost
some money and gained a jag of sym
metrical proportions He was alfable
to the boy and would in all probabil
ity have apologized for his rudeness a
few nights before had the young man
not anticipated him
What do you mean by coming home
to the bosom of your family at this
hour of the night and in this condi
tion said the boy You ought to be
ashamed of yourself I want you tc
understand that such conduct is not
permissible in this house and that the
members of this family are not acous
tomed to see men in the condition you
are in You had better go where you
came from and spend the balance of
the evening And thus he continued
reproducing as near as possible the
words which had been hurled at his
swimming head a few nights previous
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The old man was in a fury Then he
did order the young man out and for
keeps The engagement was oi and
for good But nobody concerned in
the story died from a broken heart or
anything of that kind They married
in due time other partners of course
and lived happily ever afterward
Cincinnati Commercial Tribute
A Home Grown Experience
A man went into an icehouse to cooj
off
An abrupt and impetuous hired man
closed and locked the door and went
away The next day was Sunday and
the hired man did not come back
While the man who yearned to cool
off waited for the return of the hired
man his object was accomplished in a
very thorough manner He cooled off
The muflled door gave back but
echoes to his blows and his voice could
find no place to escape and sound the
alarm
When he grew tired of walking and
swinging his arm to keep warm the
chunks of ice that were piled around
him did not offer a tempting bed Hun
ger gnawed at his vitals and refused to
be satisfied with diet of raw air Dark
ness settled down like a six months
Arctic night and the only sound which
broke the profound stillness was the
man who wanted to cool off trying to
swear
The hired man opened the door on
Monday morning and the man who
wanted to cool off crawled out more
lead than alive
When his tongue had thawed out he
began to abuse the hired man
Fool retorted the hired man
Fool you are a lucky dog and do not
know it Dont waste your time in
abusing me your benefactor but go
and write a book of impressions on
Alaska
Then the man who wanted to cool off
saw that his fortune was made Chi
cago Kecord
OLDEST LIVING CONDUCTOR
0 car Charlton Was in Actual Servico
for Fifty one Years
Apropos of the long service which
some railroad men have seen an inter
esting story is told of a man who is un
doubtedly the oldest living conductor
in the United States if years establish
a record His name is Oscar Charlton
and he was connected with the Cen
tral railroad from 1S3T to 1SSS placing
the number of years in actual service
at fifty one Mr Charlton now lives at
Guyton 111 He says at the time of
which hespeaks the Central railroad
had been built from Savannah 111 to
Pooler a distance of ten miles The
roadbed was of light and insecure- con
struction unfit for fast or regular ser
vice The company imported two lo
comotives from Charleston and they
were placed on the narrow gauge track
Mr Charlton says that in comparison
to the giant mogul of our day they
strongly reminded him of a dog and an
elephant They were small cabless af
fairs known as the Tennessee and
Georgia Charlton was the conductor
of the first train that traversed the
road and when the terminus was
reached in an hour the owner Colonel
W W Gordon was dumfounded Ten
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derful wonderful wonderful The
Central system of which this was the
beginning now embraces many hun
dreds of miles
NEW UNICYCLE
A Contrivance Which It Is Promised
Will Eclipse All Bicycle Records
The latest novelty in wheels is a uni
cycle which it is promised will eclipse
all records of the bicycle
The contrivance is the invention of
Emory B Sowers of Westville Ohio
who has succeeded in making surpris
ingly fast time on it The motive pow
er of this invention is obtained by the
use of a safety which can be fitted to
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and be taken from the large wheel
without much loss of time It is claim
ed the new machine will make it possi
ble to develop a much higher rate of
speed than the ordinary form with the
same expenditure of energy
The unicycle is guided by the handle
bars the same as an ordinary The
riders weight may be thrown or shift
ed by turning these which in turn
guide the larger wheel in the same di
rection The new unicycle may be
changed to a safety- by taking off the
top wheel and putting a wheel in the
front forks as in the ordinary cycles
Paper Bas lor Bread
A novel improvement has been made
by one of the most prominent bakers of
Berlin which is the natural conse
quence of the increasing tendency to
employ hygienic methods in every trade
dealing with food and food supplies
While rolls have long been delivered in
paper bags to customers it ha always
been the rule to handle loaves with
the fingers each loaf going through a
number of hands before delivered at
the consumers door there to be re
ceived by the bare often not too Ciean
fingers of the servant The recent im
provement which has been covered by
patents consists of using paper bags
the exact shape of the various sizes of
bread turned out by a baker These
bags are open at both ends and being
slightly longer than the loaf the ends
are turned together with a twist as the
loaf is shoved from the oven straight
into the bag This cover will protect
the bread from any pollution after it
leaves the oven as the loaf is kept in
the bag not only while being handled
in the bakery and by the delivery man
but while the loaf is being used being
cut at one end as the loaf gets shorter
The new system has found a very
quick spread and the best bakeries
which at once introduced the new im
provement gained by its adoption
Bant Xote Over 80 Years Old
After over eighty years from its is
sue a 1 note of Fectors Dover bank
in England bearing date 1S1G has just
been presented in Dover for payment
The bank was taken over by the Na
tional Provincial some sixty years ago
The note was found in a book the
property of an old lady who died re
cently in South Wales It has been se
cured by the Dover coroner
Candy is becoming like champagne
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THE PENSION WAR
The conflict over the pension laws
pension lists and pension frauds con
tinues to rage with violence in the Re
publican camp On the one hand are
those who look to the political support
of veterans and have been making use
of it for their own benefit and on the
other hand are those whose constituen
cies and home strength demand finan
cial retrenchment in government ex
penditures To remodel the pension
system as some of the economists sug
gest would vacate half the seats on
the Republican side in either hall of
Congress but to continue the expen
diture without investigation and re
form or at least a pretense of it would
be equally fatal to many a Senator or
Representative It is claimed by some
that although it would cost 200000
to publish the entire pension roll it
would save fifty millions a year in the
frauds such publication would expose
but that is mere assertion not support
ed by either proof or probability Such
a publication however might satisfy
popular clamor and sPence much coin
plaint
Both the Democratic and the Repub
lican party are pledged to a support of
the pension system which neither can
escape When a Presidential election is
approaching too much assurance can
not be given by politicians that it will
not only be preserved but enlarged
and extended The Democratic Presi
dential convention of ISUU declared em
phatically against arbitrary purging of
the pension rolls and insisted that en
listment and service should lie the sole
test while the Republican convention
of the same year claimed for the sol
diers fair treatment and generous
recognition and denounced the Pension
Bureau as deserving condemnation for
reducing pensions
But the Republicans have the Presi
dent and Congress and it is for them
to deal with the pension business
New York News
SrcKinlcyh Words and Deeds
President McKinley manifesto a live
ly interest in the welfare of the Avage
worker He Avauts American work
men to have a living wage He is sor
ry that the people are suffering in New
England He thinks it is a pity that
such a state of affairs should exist as
that which now obtains among the cot
ton mill operatives At least these ex
pressions of opinion are credited to the
President by a correspondent of the
New York Journal
Doubtless the Presidents emotional
nature has been touched by the stories
of destitution and suffering which
come to him from New England
Doubtless for the moment he really
feels sorry for tho o unfortunate work
ers thrown out of employment in the
dead of winter Hut emotion is nr
practical it is not even
justice
If I resilient McKinlev is sorrv for
the Avorkingmen why does he
That UTonctary Convention
Thoe business men discussing the
money question at Indianapolis hae
but one object in Aiew They desire to
establish the gold standard in the
Unite States
This monetary conAention has not
been assembled to discuss what is bct
for the people but to devise means by
Avhich the hands of the money power
may be strengthened Were it not for
the free silver majority in the Senate
the Republican party Avotild place the
yoke of gold on the necks of the toiling
masses Avithout an instants delaj For
tunately this action is out of their
power
Pretending to advocate sound money
the members of the Indianapolis con
vention are in favor of debauching the
paper currency of the nation making it
unsafe unsound unsecured In order
that the banks may secure larger prof
its these men are Avilling to return to
the dark days of wild cat money
So anxious are they to kill silver
they have suggested the redemption of
silver dollars in gold thus creating an
endless chain more extended than that
Df the greenbacks Avhich they AA ould
iestroy
They wish to add an interest bearing
3ebt costing the nation 15000000 a
year to the burdens of the people in
order to take the government out of
the banking business Their proposi
tions are unsound and inconsistent
The people Avill accept none of them
Chicago Dispatch
Iearninfc a Bitter Iesson Anew
It is not difficult to forecast the result
of the great strike among the cotton
workers of New England The mill
owners Avill win as they have always
won and another chapter will have
been added to the history of political
perfidy It may be that the lesson
which the wage earners of New
gland are now learning will bear fruit
in 1100 but the schoolmaster who is
teaching them now has taught them
before and they have profited little
thereby Kansas City Times
IMcKinleys Two Policies
Thecontiuued persistenceof President
McKinley in the startling act of riding
tAvo horses at once in the ring must at
some time give way and be abandoned
but it is significant while the per
formance lasts Here Ave have Mr
Secretary of the Treasury Gage not
only drawing up financial bills of the
highest importance proposing the abso
lute reversal of our national monetary
policy but even going before the House
Committee on Banks and Currency to
advocate them and hrintring all the
Aveightof his otlicial position and all the
prestige of his hiirh office to bear to for
Avard the cause of gold monometallism
On the other hand we have Senator
Wolcott of Colorado accusing the Sec
retary of grossly misrepresenting the
Presidents true interests and purposes
charging Gae Avith having put forth
forged and fictitious statements and
alleging afresh that the President earn
estly desires bimetallic international
agreement and the restoration of silver
coinage These two inconsistent ap
pearances amuse the observing public
But the time is approaching Avhen one
or the other must be discontinued
In the days Avhen McKinley typified
as his followers said the coming of
prosperity and before the time Avhen
his tariff and his gold policy made the
country so familiar Avitli adversity ev
erybody knew he was an advocate of
silver money but Avas parading as a
gold bug to get the Presidency Peo
ple who read the newspapers now an
at a loss to know Avhat his present true
status is His trick of sending Wolcott
abroad to talk for silver Avhile taking
Gage to Wiishington to lobby for gold
can have no effect except that of post
ponement of his real purposes and the
announcement of them imist some day
come Avhen perhaps both Gage and
Wolcott Avill be disavowed and disap
pointed Exchange
Republican Anxiety About 1000
The action of the United States Sen
ate in declaring in favor of the free
coinage of silver is a fair indication of
the trend of public opinion on the sub
ject The people regard Avith equanim
ity the possibilit of the restoration of
the Avhite metal to its former monetary
uses But if this is not to be one of the
issues of the campaign of 1100 what
Avill the Republicans do They have
really nothing else in their repertory
Avith Avhich to catch votes The tarff
they haA e bungled so that they cannot
point to it Avith any feeling but that of
shame and the currency they dar not
undertake to reform so bare
faced a piece of class legislation a th
proposal of McKinleys Secivtary cf
the Treasury to turn over the furnish-
place i msr oi lu tnt countrys paper money to
enemies to labor in positions of power tll hnk would make dofeat at the
Why did he appoint Governor Griggs
Attorney General What is John W
Griggs record no Aoted against a
bill to make Avages a preferred debt in
eases of insolvency He Aoted against
a bill to establish a half holiday on
Saturday lie voted against a bill to
prevent child labor in factories oper
ating intricate and dangerous machin
ery lie voted against a bill making it
illeiral for an employer to prevent his
employes from becoming members of
labor organizations He voted again
a bill requiring fire escapes on factory
buildings more than three stories high
McKinley pities the laboring man
and appoints John W Griggs Attorney
General
polls an absolute certaintv
The Republicans have indeed good
ground for anxiety as to the future of
the silver question but it does not look
as if either keeping it alive or letting it
disappear avi11 help them any Thc y
seem to be doomed to defeat New
York News
The New Kncland Strike
From the mill owners the only sug
gestion offered is that of a combine
the inevitable conclusion of the pro
tective policy Havimr Availed out the
foreign competitor the home consumer
and producer are to be squeezed by an
ironclad combine for the regulation of
the prices and the output The folly of
the protective tariff policy is receiving
striking and timely illustration at the
hands of its friends and beneficiaries
St Louis Post Dispatch
Brief Comment
Those Avho deny that the Senate Is
the greatest deliberative hotly h the
world should reflect on the fact that it
has been deliberating the currency
question for twenty live years Louis
ville Post
An income tax which affected only
the rich was held -unconstitutional
while a tariff tax that chiefly affects
the poor is enforced as tending to pro
mote industry and justice Columbus
Ohio Press
Boss Hanna has split the Republican
party in Ohio and wiped it out in Louis
iana If a boss could be sued for politi
cal damages the Republican party
could throw Hanna into bankruptcy-
St Louis Tost Dispatch
The trouble with the Republican par
ty everywhere is the boss system but
tressed on the spoils system So long
as these systems shall endure it will
pass the wit of man to fix up some
harmony AA hich Avill stay fixed Phil
adelphia Record
The Attorney General of the United
States AA ho has always been the friend
of trusts has been promoted to the su
preme bench- and another Attorney
General appointed Avho exactly fills his
place The trusts are losing no ground
under this administration Columbus
Ohio Press
We have the tariff that was prom
ised to bring increased AA ages and it
has brought reduced wages Here is
an indisputable fact There is no de
nying it or getting around it It is real
ized by hundreds of thousands of peo
ple who are directly or indirectly in
terested in its operation Boston Her-
aid